Dylan Reel narrows college choices

Two-time state champion and three-time Journal Star area wrestler of the year Dylan Reel is closing in on a decision as to where he will spend his collegiate future.

Reel said this week he has narrowed his choices down to Boise State, Central Michigan and Missouri. Reel is planning on taking his campus visits over the next month and hopes to make a decision in the fall. The fall early signing day for wrestling is Nov. 9.

Here’s a quick look at Reel’s top three choices:

BOISE STATE: The Broncos won the Pac-10 Championships last season and placed ninth in the NCAA Championships. The ninth place finish at the NCAAs was the best in school history for the Broncos. Boise State is 98-32-1 in duals for nine-year coach Greg Randall and has not lost a Pac-10 dual since the 2007-2008 season. The Broncos have finished either first or second in the Pac-10 Conference 11 of the past 13 season, with six titles. And Boise State, home of the Smurf Turf in football, has also finished in the Top 25 at the NCAA Championships 11 of the past 13 years.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN: The Chippewas have won 10 consecutive Mid-American Conference Championships. The Chippewas finished tied for 13th at the NCAA Championships, their fifth straight top-15 finish and seventh in the last eight seasons. CMU has produced multiple NCAA all-Americans in each of the last eight years and a total of 11 times in the 20-year coaching career of Tom Borrelli.

MISSOURI: Coach Brian Smith has coached 15 All-Americans to 27 top-eight performances and three Tigers to four national titles in his 12-year tenure. Last March, Max Askren became the third national champion in the history of the program. In the past six years alone, seven Tigers have earned 11 Big 12 titles. In 2011, Missouri sent a program-record nine wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, besting the previous high of eight set in 2007 and 2009. At least one Tiger grappler has been selected to compete at the championship event in each of his 13 seasons at Missouri and Smith’s squads have finished among the top-20 programs at the NCAA Championships in each of the last 10 years. Tigers are continuously ranked among the top-10 in the nation, reaching as high as No. 1 during the course of the 2006-07 campaign.

The 2011-12 Missouri roster includes former Washington standout Brandon Rice, a freshman 141-pounder. Also from Illinois is Trevor Jauch, a three-time state champ from Crystal Lake Central.

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